Quotemeal for Tuesday, January 5, 1960

"The real danger of legalism is that it produces a sense of attainment that short-circuits our call to live the life of Yes thorugh Christ. Self-achievement brings a false sense of assurance that somehow we can live a pure life in our own ability. This attitude ultimately leads us to cut ourselves off from the heart of God and, in turn, to deny our true identity in Christ."

— David Edwards

More Quotemeal

"We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in."

— John Milton —

"The church is an organism, not an organization; a movement, not a monument."

— Chuck Colson —

"We fear the search for who we are. Perhaps because we're afraid that having located our true souls, we might not like ourselves that much. So, we shrink to step..."

— Calvin Miller —

"Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone....."

— John Henry Newman —